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The owner of the old Murray Complex in Wilkes-Barre is beginning to clean up the debris that has littered the property for two years.

An excavator was sifting through the piles of dirt, wood and metal on Thursday at the Pennsylvania Avenue property. Bob Sakosky, vice-president of property-owner Daniel Siniawa and Associates, said the company has been slowly clearing the lot for a few weeks.

Sakosky said the cleanup would take 60 to 90 days if he had a full crew clearing the site. However, he said the company will unlikely fund such an effort. In May, Sakosky said the company was in a financial bind and needed to spend its money on other projects.

"I don't know how much we'll be able to accomplish between now and winter, but we're trying to do the best we can with the resources we have," Sakosky said.

The city fined the company $17,000 in November 2011 for failing to clear the property, which burned in a massive fire in 2009. However, the company appealed the fine in Luzerne County court, and the case has been inactive since.

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